Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, Bangalore, India. It was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, to mark the birth centenary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India.

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
TypeAutonomous government institute (deemed university)
Established1989
FounderProf. C. N. R. Rao, Bharat Ratna, Honorary President at JNCASR
PresidentG U KULKARNI
Address
JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore-560 064
,
Bangalore
,
Karnataka
,
India
Websitewww.jncasr.ac.in

Academics

Researchers at the centre are divided into seven units: Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Engineering Mechanics, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology, Molecular biology and Genetics, New Chemistry, Theoretical Sciences, Educational Technology and Geodynamics.[1] There are two off-campus units: Chemical Biology and Condensed Matter Theory.

JNCASR has a faculty-to-student ratio of about 1:4 and state-of-the-art experimental, computational and infrastructural facilities. It offers Ph.D. programmes, as well as an Integrated Ph.D. (post-bachelor's degree) programme in Materials Science. It is a "deemed university", i.e., it awards its own degrees.

Apart from training its own students through a wide spectrum of courses, the centre's Summer Research Fellowship programme hosts some of the brightest undergraduates in the country; the Educational Technology Unit produceseaching aids and educational materia, the centre organises and teaches short-term courses at universities across India, and trains promising young chemists and biologistsy as part of the programmes of Project-Oriented-Chemical-Education (POCE) and Project-Oriented-Biological-Education (POBE).

Collaboration and research

The small size of the institute (currently about 53 faculty members and ~300 students) fosters interdisciplinary collaborations.

Buckyball in Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU) building, JNCASR

Notable faculty
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References
  1. "JNCASR made huge impact on Science: Rao". Indian Express. Bangalore, India. 9 November 2013.
  2. "Maneesha Inamdar - Academic profile". www.jncasr.ac.in. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010" (PDF).

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